Cell Phones

[kiwisfly]

Will Britney Speirs' baby grow up normally? Who cares?

She had a baby, just thought she was getting fat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sure we've all seen this but was in a cafe the other day getting my fix & a suit was loud mouthing on the phone about some deal he'd closed blah blah & the feckin phone went off! Whole cafe went into spontainous hysterics!

[Lou Girardin]

I would be lost without my cell phone, but that being said it becomes something of a pain in the butt at times. L

You wouldn't have liked the old 'bricks' then.
Or maybe you would..................................

[scumdog]

I go through about $20 worth of phone-cards a year - and C.B uses most of that.

Cell-phones? hany in an emergency type of thing but the rest of the time you can shove 'em.

BTW Amazing how many of my smoking, non-working 'clients' have a cell-phone - but no 'time' left on it!!! WTF!! Almost as good as a motorbike with an empty gas-tank.

[Beemer]

Being self-employed the cell phone is a bit of a necessity, but it is a pain when it goes off while you're in a queue while out shopping and people get to know all your business, no matter how softly you speak!

I do get fed up with people who leave them on while eating out or at the movies - if you are on call, get a vibrating one and excuse yourself when it 'rings', or don't go out! Not as bad as babbies in movies though - went to see Richard III many years ago, very loud (and boring) movie with lots of fight scenes, and this stupid cow brings a 3-6 month old kid along. It screamed as soon as the movie started so she took it out, but then five minutes later she brought it back in again. Did this three or four times, so in the end someone yelled out "for christ's sake, take that fucking kid home!" I had free tickets to the movie anyway, but I complained and got two free tickets to see another movie!

[Wolf]

[QUOTE=kiwisflyI'm sure we've all seen this but was in a cafe the other day getting my fix & a suit was loud mouthing on the phone about some deal he'd closed blah blah & the feckin phone went off! Whole cafe went into spontainous hysterics![/QUOTE]
People still do that?

I thought it would have gone out no every fucker can afford a cellphone - even Scumdog's "clients" - not just "yuppies". Back in the days when the "reception was bad" and they had to stand outside (where everyone could see them) when using the phone. Funny how large groups of poorer, less fortunate people improved cell-phone reception...

My work phone was taken off me - a new bloke arrived and they urgently needed a phone so they checked the logs and found an embarrassing "discrepancy" in my call logs...

I hadn't used the phone in ages.

They deem ed his the greater need so I lost the phone which, I might add, I was using... my watch strap had broken so I was using the phone as a conveniently locatable timepiece.

By way of compensation, so I could tell the time at work, they gave me an Ipaq - which I find a lot more useful than the phone.

[mstriumph]

Not if she breast feeds it...

nope - doesn't matter HOW a thread starts out - always ends up with bodily functions somehow ..............

[marty]

Isn't it amazing how the cell phone age has turned so many people into uncouth slobs. As I type this, there's a guy wondering around the shop, totally engrossed in his conversation and talking at the top of his voice, as so many do.
Then there's the ones that take calls mid-conversation and expect you and other customers to wait patiently while he deals with his private life.
Beats me where manners have gone. I blame the Labour Govt.

i have issue with sales reps who take calls in the middle of a conversation with a customer who took the time to come into the shop - vehcile sales people (in my experience) are the worst.

[Ixion]

People still do that?

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By way of compensation, so I could tell the time at work, they gave me an Ipaq - which I find a lot more useful than the phone.

You can stick a GPS thingy on the iPaq,. then it will tell you where you are , and what direction you're going in and what speed you're going. Sort of. It tells you that you are at something like 172:34:22: 63:37:12 heading 27 at 120. Which I suppose is very nice for those that understand it, though it would be more useful to me if it were something like "Heading sunward , just after that mountain with the funny bump on the side, at slightly illegal"

[strayjuliet]

Ok, for all you smart-arses out there: I do have a clip for my cell phone but it broke so I normally carry it in my handbag or in my pocket - depends where I'm going. I have one of the small flip-top things from Telescum and tend to miss some calls 'coz my bag is too damn big. lol As for the old bricks, yes, I did have one of those and hated it. I think it was an old nokia.

When I go shopping I do write a shopping list. However, I tend to leave it sitting on my desk at home while I'm getting kids sorted and into their car seats and such like - so really not much use writing one.

[Biff]

Does anybody else here take their phones to the toilet with them, and play games on it while dropping the kids off at the pool ?

I'm buggered if I can get past level 7 on my Nokia. I've been trying for ages. Never mind - Asia next week. I nearly always get the shits there so I should get plenty of practice.